If and when I have a thought, and have ten minutes in the office, I might write mildly diverting thoughts here: about new media in real life, about the web, about the future. But mostly, I think, I'll just wiffle about nothing.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

The Google Cache - and indeed, the internet - has a very long memory. Once you post something to the internet, it becomes very hard to remove it. Things you post when you're 18 have a habit of sticking around until you're, say, 33. I know this, as my old posts still float around in old archives.

In particular, these three young gentlemen should be aware that any future employer will be able to Google their names for a very long time to come.

The people who have commented on the site should also be aware that their comments are now indexed and searchable, as follows:

Lee Campell (St. Cloud, MN) wroteat 11:28pm on July 7th, 2007those mother fucking fags wow they should all be shot. and for anybody that sickes up for them should be beatin also. goldam shit packers .and oh yeah GOD hates fags

Richard Wohlbier (Wisconsin Colleges) wroteat 11:14pm on July 7th, 2007For every deer that we shoot, we should shoot a fag.

Scott Campbell (Chippewa Falls High) wroteat 3:57am on July 6th, 2007I say all fags or fag lovers who talk shit on this group should get the fuck out and run into a middle of an intersection

26 comments:

Thanks for this, Kim. Leaving aside the views, the unforgetting/unforgiving nature of the net is something we've got to make clear to students.

As for the views … I often think of that thing you once posted about the powerful set of tools we've created and how they 'over significate and immortalise trivial social interactions'. This is vicious, ugly stuff and I hope their schools will seek to talk to them (and some) about what they're doing.

"Preserving straightness"? I wasn't aware that being straight was in any way endangered - perhaps these are some forward sighted individuals who see a grand bisexual future and believe that quaint old fashioned heterosexuality needs a zoo somewhere to preserve it. >:)

I personally think it's great that you posted their names in black and white for everyone to read. To expose them as individuals, with their quotes right next to their names, is more powerful than just listing the group name. It's much easier to spread discrimination and hate as an anonymous member of a group, than it is as an individual.

When I am involved in search committes for new hires at my company, I ALWAYS google the candidates.

i dont understand why you listed all of the names of these kids. i dont think that ruining their future is a good way to get back at them. i myself looked at this group and saw that the violent comments were deleted and the people responsible for writing these comments were banned from the group. also the president seemed to be trying his best to keep it non-violent. althogh his actions were immature, i do not believe that you should try to ruin him like this.

hey bitch why the fuck are you gettin into other peoples businesses and posting em online why cant you just leave people who think a certain way alone and not screw up there future fuck you you fuckin cunt go suck a dick bitch and take AGA off NOW

Hi, I really am shocked to see this when I enter my name into Google... I did not join this group, and I find it strange that my name is spelled like it is with the A in my last name being capitalized..... I would appreciate it if you could remove it since I am in High School, and it endangers my privacy...b

I would like to be taken off this list. Im sorry if I offended anyone by joining this facebook group, I was immature and now I accept people for who they are.. I would very much appreciate it if my name would be taken off of this list. thank you

Im sorry if I had offended anyone but I would like to ask to get my name off of this. I was immature when i joined this group and now I have learned to accept people for who they are. I would really appreciate it if my name would be taken off, thank you

Hello Kim. I understand why you have posted this, but I joined this group back when I first opened up my facebook. I was so eager to join groups and meet people so i accepted as many group invitations, friend requests, and event invitations as possible. However, after I realized my name was on google for something like this, I left the group immediately. I don't see how it is fair to put my name up for everyone to see if I had a made a mistake like this as a young kid in high school, especially if I have completely deleted my facebook account already. My views towards gay people have never changed and I have never had anything against them, so I hope it wouldn't be too much to ask for to simply remove my name from this list for I am not anti-gay to begin with. I did not know joining random groups on facebook as an immature teenager would have come to this.

I personally agree with the group. Throughout my life I have encountered (mainly on the internet), many ignorant, hypocritical, and paradoxical homosexuals, who contradict their own selves. I don't mean to sound homophobic, but that's the truth.

I think it is rather unfair to black list people because of their views. What so only gays have rights in this world? If you are against homosexuals you don't deserve a job? It is EVERYONES constitutional right to have an opinion gays alone don't have that right,if someone don't like you deal with it don't try to destroy someone over to your way of thinking.

About Me

Portly noo-meejah product manager with a liking for gin and ladies. Oh, and a boy. Just the one.
Fond of eating,
Prone to being too serious,
Optimistic (mostly),
Solipsistic,
Nowhere near as interesting as you might think,
A wobbly speller (sorry).